E30 325i matt black

[TommyM]

Hi, im new here but thought id share what ive been upto since buying my e30 in october its a 325i no interior welder main things really, my names Tommy but il let pictures do the talking kinda thing, i travelled down to basingstoke a long drive of just under 800miles all in the car didnt have mot when i went to get it but i had a copy of the fail sheet as the guy had put it throu an mot but failed and with 101k miles with all old mots to prove i had this pic i got sent from last owner



and pic i took once i got there..



so once i got it home i set about ticking things off the list was mostly simple stuff nothing major like headlights, number plates, cut springs i also wanted to tidy up the inside so stripped the sound deadning and painted the inside more pictures..





after i changed lights etc ready for mot..








so it passed its mot and i took it to crail the following weekend for some fun and the reason i bought it...





not done much since then and cars not moved much either but will upload more pics etc but ive bought poly bushes for rear subframe e46 bottom arms and a hydro from chizfab so got that to fit

[TommyM]

hi again i have more pictures etc i found so thought id share it had hid lights and the inner lamps removed so had no sidelights or full beam so i won a set off ebay and fitted those there in pretty good condition too..



while fitting them the wiring had all been cut etc for the hids so i had to find old wires etc..



while fitting them i gave the front end a coat of matt black while the grille and lights were out and it used to be red and u can see alot of it coming throu

as it failed on cut springs also i got with the car new suspension in the box prosport stuff off ebay it does the job and suppose u pay for what u get but it saved me buying any so fitted that think i put a previous photo of heating up the shocks with bottles as it wasnt coming undone even with adjuster cups not fitted in the rear it was still really high.






i didnt notice untill yesterday when i had a look under as the exhaust musnt be for the car and im looking at a way to secure it rather than 1 exhaust rubber at the rear i noticed this on the petrol tank



few dents and must scrape alot, also have a picture of the inside in primer it took quite a while to do as the inside was abit of a mess and took a while taking sound deadning up and the glue also happy with the end result thou



and a couple more photos 1 of parts and another of the engine bay..





so thats whats been going on since ive bought my first e30 im really liking it, il try keep an upto date sorta thread going. hope u like it any comments welcome

[TommyM]

Now have a cobra monaco bucket seat so got to fit that will go nicely with omp deep dish wheel i fitted also ordered polybushes to fit the e46 lower arms and going to try source s e36 steering rack. Will get some pics once i get stuff done

[steve_k]

look's good dude, there'll be a few on here who won't like it but it's your car so do what you want to it.

keep the updates coming.

[eko]

What if any is the benefit of fitting E46 arms?
Never heard of that being done.

[Alex]

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PS its got the wrong headlights fitted

[TommyM]

Thanks steve oh is there ive looked about abit but thanks for heads up ha, e46 arms will give it more camber so more grip

[TommyM]

Ha yeah alex, wrong headlights? Is that the pre certain year? I didnt know there was a diffrence facepalm myself

[steve_k]

Thanks steve oh is there ive looked about abit but thanks for heads up ha, e46 arms will give it more camber so more grip

never knew that

how much more camber exactly? & do they bolt straight on??

[Alex]

Ha yeah alex, wrong headlights? Is that the pre certain year? I didnt know there was a diffrence facepalm myself

Its got Prefacelift Headlights in.

All the facelift ones had projector ones

The first few pics have the correct ones

[TommyM]

yeah my mates just fitted a set of these arms to his e36 and has good bit of camber, only thing needed is the rear arm bushes from what i gather i got a box full of bits when i collected the car and the e46 arms were in there

aw has it haha ohwell the lights work so il probably just keep them in lol but thanks i saw a set of facelift lights go on ebay around the same time but had yellow tint on them and went for just over 100

[TommyM]

Hi not updated this in a while alot has happened but too much to write but i have photos as thats what everyone wants to see rather than reading

not long after i last updated this the car got put off the road into my garage and i moved away for a few months then i didnt have much interest in getting it back out again but i hurt my back and could no longer do my other hobbie so back out came my car it was nice working on it and taking my time and having fun i went to a drift day at driftland last september time for a practice day


it was great fun and wanted to carry on doing i bought a set of 15" bbs wheels had a friend fabricate an exhaust and fit a hydraulic handbrake






its mot came around and i know it looks shocking with the paint but it passed which i wasnt expecting i was told by the mot tester he couldnt believe how clean it was with no rust and everything perfect and i was quite shocked too as i was expecting needing to spend alot. now more drift days at crail big track...











then another driftland day in november...








i then polybushed the rear subframe and trailing arms and replaced gearbox bushes the car feels so much better its sat about alot over the winter but at the weekend it was the retro drift weekend so signed up for the saturday i have also bought a cage but not fitted it yet heres some pics of that..













thats a quick brief of whats been going on i have alot more pictures etc of work being done il maybe upload if anyone is interested future work on it will be cage what do people think on colour? and i dont like the matt balck so possibly paint the whole car it will just be black. hope yous like it

[steve_k]

Looking good dude, keep the updates coming

Keep thinking of painting my sport satin black

[DaveMcleod88]

Alright Tommy good to see ur on here! (Dave with the estoril E36) how did u get on with the E46 arms? heard they dont center the wheel ?

[TommyM]

Thanks Steve K

Hi Dave, i never did fit the e46 arms there still lying about, just decided it went ok without them, might fit them in future. Are you thinking of fitting them to your e30? it looks really clean when i was parked beside it.

[TommyM]

Looking good dude, keep the updates coming

Keep thinking of painting my sport satin black

I cant imagine people on here liking you making a sport satin black haha. Im unsure how mine was done as i bought it like that id rather it wasnt the problem is it never looks clean as the dirt dry's into the paint so likely to be rattle canned but might be ok if it was done properly with a gun